Improvement in combined planter and cultivatoe



`@uitrit faire @anni @ffice JErssE ADAMS,v 0E cLAEKsvILLE, TEXAS. Letters latentlVc. 68,026, dated August 20,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED PLANTEE AND oUL'rIvAroE.

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Beit known that I, JESSE ADAMS, of Clarksville, in thecounty of Red River, and State of Texas, have invented a new and improved Combined Planter' and Cultivator; and `l: do hereby decla-re the following to be a` full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in whichv `Figure 1 is a top view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

4Figure dis a bottom 'view ofthe agitator'connected with the seed-box.

Figure 4 is a view ot' the lever c. l Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsrin the several figures.

The object of this invention 'is to producen simple, practical combined planter and cotton and'corn cultivator, which shall be easily adjuste'dand operated,'and shall be cheap and durable. i

In order that othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it in detail. A 4

In the drawings, A A! A, represent the longitudinal beams, and B B the cross-beams of the frame, the

-whole resting on two forward wheels W W, `running on an axle, Y, and one rear caster-wheel C, the bearing oi" which is a vertical socket attached to the rear cross-beam-B. Pivoted to the forward end of the centre beam A .is the forward or centre plough P, a doublemould-board plough, throwing the dirt both right and left. Behind it, pivoted to thetwo beams A Af, between the centre beam and side beams, and just in the rear of the forward cross-beam Rare-two ploughs, P P', the right plough having a left and the left a right mould-board. Behind these ploughs, again, are twoothe similar ploughs, P P, pivoted to` the side beams A A at the point where they are attached'to the rear cross-beams`l3. Suitable braces, ppp, connect the plough-standards with short. stout arms d d d, projecting from a transverse' roller, D, just behind 4the driver-s seat E. An upright-lever, F, enables the driver to raise the ploughsfrom the ground inrorder to clear obstacles. The seed! box G isA situated directly behind the drivers seat,` and is -provided with a seed-conductor, g, and a' perforated bottom, with afvalve, a, to alternately open and close the' bottom. vThe valve a is fixed to a movable vertical pivot, which runs down through the bottom of the seed-box, and is connected with ahoriz'ontal lever, a, in such a manner that when the outer end of the leveris thrown forward the valve will bel opened, and when thrown back again the valve will be closed. The end of 'the lever is struck by pins t t, Aprojecting from the inner side ofthe wheel, which throw the lever forward, anda spring, o, is attached, which throws it back as soon as Vthe pin has passed. The head or end of the lever is bevelled properly, or provided'wth a cam or bevelled plate, over which the .pin t travels with but little friction.- One o`r more seed-boxes may be attached. For the lever c, a sliding-rod connected with the valve a, and vibrated back and forth by the alternate action ofthe pins t t and spring o, might he substituted, if preferred.

rlhe machine is now ready. for planting,vthe forward ,plough cutting the furrow, the seed-box planting the seed, and-the rear ploughs throwing the earth inward and covering the seed. For cultivating corn, the ploughs are changed from side to iside, so as to throw the earth outward. Eer ordinary ploughing, a whole set of right or left ploughs may be attached. Thefront plough may be detached when necessary, or it may be attached at the rear end of either of the beams AA( or A, suitable holes L L being provided there to hold its pivot bolt.

` Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is@

1. The agitating and distributing attachment above described, consisting of the perforated bottom of the box G, in combination with the valve a, lever c, and' pins t t on the wheel W, all constructed and operating in combination with each other, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. The combined'planter and cultivator above described, constructed and operated substantially as set forth.

JESSE ADAMS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. A. Pn'rrr'r,

SoLoN 0. KEMON. 

